LIVE LOTS 17,750,525 HOUSES 866 UNSOLD RECORDED 4,679,484 UPDATED NIGHTLY
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Israeli, 1932–2015

Menashe Kadishman

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3,478results on record
55%sell-through
$625median result (USD, incl. premium; 3% observed, 97% estimated from hammer)
$50,000record in our coverage

Drawn from 3,478 recorded results (2,080 sold · 1,398 passed) across 31 auction houses, 2001–2026. 2 upcoming lots on the ledger. What we cover

Median sold price by year typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 3% observed, 97% estimated from hammer method · log scale

$5.4K$11K$16K2001: $3.0K median, 4 sold2005: $20K median, 1 sold2006: $2.9K median, 3 sold2007: $1.4K median, 2 sold2008: $3.8K median, 2 sold2009: $11K median, 2 sold2012: $8.3K median, 4 sold2013: $676 median, 2 sold2014: $1.8K median, 17 sold2015: $625 median, 123 sold2016: $688 median, 134 sold2017: $425 median, 185 sold2018: $875 median, 136 sold2019: $425 median, 146 sold2020: $408 median, 179 sold2021: $388 median, 244 sold2022: $570 median, 224 sold2023: $750 median, 166 sold2024: $750 median, 186 sold2025: $750 median, 245 sold2026: $1.1K median, 74 sold200120072013201920252026

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The same figure also answers the seller's question: which house clears a work like this, and for how much — expected proceeds by house, from the sell-through the rest of this page is built on.

$625$24$50K

Every sold result for this market, low to high (log scale) — the dashed line is the median. Enter a value to see where it lands.

By medium where medium is recorded or stated in the catalog line

MediumResultsSell-throughMedian result (USD)
painting 1,762 53% $1,125
works on paper 498 68% $141
prints 460 55% $125
sculpture 227 41% $1,500
ceramics & design 64 57% $100
other 18 73% $1,312
photography 7 57% $156

Medium is recorded for 3,036 of 3,478 results (87%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.

Compared with Yosl Bergner Menashe Kadishman Yosl Bergner

$7.6K$15K$23K2001: $18K median2006: $3.1K median2008: $6.9K median2009: $28K median2010: $16K median2012: $5.4K median2013: $8.1K median2014: $4.5K median2015: $2.5K median2016: $4.0K median2017: $3.5K median2018: $1.2K median2019: $150 median2020: $406 median2021: $250 median2022: $350 median2023: $275 median2024: $1.6K median2025: $1.9K median2026: $1.2K median2001: $3.0K median2005: $20K median2006: $2.9K median2007: $1.4K median2008: $3.8K median2009: $11K median2012: $8.3K median2013: $676 median2014: $1.8K median2015: $625 median2016: $688 median2017: $425 median2018: $875 median2019: $425 median2020: $408 median2021: $388 median2022: $570 median2023: $750 median2024: $750 median2025: $750 median2026: $1.1K median20012007201320192025
MetricMenashe KadishmanYosl Bergner
Median result$625$1,062
Record price $50,000 $162,500
Results on record3,4781,817
Years active at auction 2001–2026 2001–2026

Related artists: Yosl BergnerMarcel JancoYaacov AgamReuven Rubin

Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method

59/ 100
  • Sell-through55%
  • Meets estimate47%
  • Market depth3,478 results

How readily and near-estimate this market clears — sell-through, estimate reliability, and depth, blended into one score. "Meets estimate" is the share of sold lots hammering at or above the low estimate, over catalogs that print a real appraisal: a house whose printed low is a starting bid would meet its estimate on every lot, so those lots are excluded from this term only — their prices and outcomes still count in the other two. Method →

Where this artist sells best

HouseResultsSell-throughMedianvs. estimate
Matsart 1113 50% $584 0.92×
Tiroche 427 88% $2,125 0.82×
Art collect 353 100% $525 0.52×
Montefiore auction house 691 49% $250 0.74×
SQUARE 233 54% $112 0.40×
Yair gallery 313 30% $350 —
Ishtar 95 68% $250 1.50×
The Bidder 57 65% $109 0.48×
Sotheby's 29 86% $6,438 0.76×
ART FIELDS 34 76% $781 0.53×
PASAREL 26 96% $625 0.58×
Heritage Auctions 18 94% $500 —
Alma 30 50% $1,000 0.55×
Rago 8 100% $418 —
Christie's 7 — $2,596 —
Kedem 14 36% $2,460 —
KooKoo 5 60% $1,188 0.74×
Gallery 13 and a half 2 100% $1,125 1.08×
Empire Auctions 5 40% $1,750 0.74×
Moreshet 5 40% $781 —
Wright 1 100% $8,125 —
Behrooz 1 100% $125 —
Safra and Saifa 1 100% $138 —
J. Greenstein & Co., Inc. 2 50% $1,375 0.81×
Trē Zouzē 1 100% $150 —
Kestenbaum & Company 1 100% $2,500 0.80×
Bonhams 2 0% — —
Fantiquario 1 0% — —
Boker's Gallery 2 0% — —
Hammersite 3 0% — —
CITYarts 4 0% — —

The same artist across every house we cover — hammer-vs-estimate side by side. A dash in the estimate column can mean withheld rather than unpublished: the house publishes no hammer price, or its printed low is a starting bid rather than an appraisal. Method →

Prices realized 3,501 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 1,398 passed lots

DateLotMediumvs. estimateEstimate USDResult USD, incl. premiumHouse
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2016·05 Red tree in the landscape , Silkscreen, 61 x 91 cm , Signed and — Yair gallery
2016·05 Sheep, 1979, Colored pencils on paper, 23 x 22 cm , Signed and dated "1979" — Yair gallery
2016·05 Birth and maternity, Pencil on paper, 24 x 32 cm , Signed Pencil on paper — Yair gallery
2016·05 Hand, 2000, Ink on photograph, 41 x 30 cm , Signed and dated "2000" אי שם בדרום ת"א, בלב שכונת פלורנטין וליתר דיוק בפינת הרחובות וולפסון והרצל שוכן משכנו של "שמעון המקלל". השמועות מספרות כי שמעון הינו מכשף רשע היושב על כיסא, מאחוריו קיר עמוס בשופרות, קרני איילים ועזרי כישוף מאיימים. שמעון המקלל מטיל קללות איומות על אנשים לפי בקשה. כשמעון לא נמצא האנשים אשר באים למשכנו, מבקשים מול כסאו הריק להטיל קללה בתקווה שבקשתם זו תתמלא. מול הכסא הריק שוכנת חנות עמוסת ציורים ומסגרות של יהודה המסגר, אמן תל אביבי בנשמה אשר טעם עוד מילדותו את הבוהמה התל אביבית בכסית - אלתרמן, חצקל ומשה איש כסית, יבי, שמוליק קראוס ועוד. לאחר שיהודה יספר לכם על שמעון המקלל, הוא יציג בפניכם בגאווה את דלת העץ של חנותו, המקושטת בציורים, שרבוטים וחתימות של מפורסמי ארצנו. יום אחד יהודה צייר על הדלת ציור קטן וחיכה לראות מה יוליד יום. לאחר ימים ספורים הדלת החלה להתמלא בציורים רבים ומקסמים. תמצאו כאן כבשה מפורסמת של קדישמן (בין חבריו הטובים של יהודה), ציור של דודו טופז ז"ל (בזמן שהוא עוד היה חי כמובן), דני סנדרסון, קובי אוז, מאיר פיצ'חדזה, שלומי שבת, דנה ספקטור, דובי גל ועוד רשימה גדולה וטובה. במרכז הדלת ניתן למצוא חתימה של אהוד בנאי ומעליה את הכיתוב "השביל הזה מתחיל מכאן" - ממש מרגש. שמעון המקלל הינה דמות בידיונית אשר הומצאה ע"י יהודה וחבריו האמנים אשר נוהגים לשבת, לשתות, לצפות ולצחוק על תגובותיהם של אנשים תמימים העוברים ליד כסא המכשף. אז אם ברצונכם לטייל ברחובות פלורנטין או לחלופין להטיל קללה על מישהו, אל תשכחו לעבור אצל יהודה יבנאי (גילוי נאות - האבא של...). אמן בזכות. בקשו ממנו לראות את דלתו המצויירת אשר מיטב הסלבריטאים הנציחו את חתימת ידם עליה ולקרוא את אחד משיריו הרבים. יעשה טוב לו ולכם. יהודה יבנאי נפטר בשנת 2014. (מתוך "יבנאי ברשת": הבלוג של צחי יבנאי) photograph — Yair gallery
2016·05 Two Doves, Ink on paper, 35 x 43 cm , Signed and dedicated to Yona ... Including COA from Yona Fischer, the first curator of Israeli and Modern Art at the Israel Museum (Jerusalem) when opened in 1965, a position he held for 25 years Ink on paper — Yair gallery
2016·04 1932-2015 (Israeli) $600–$800 Matsart
2016·04 1932-2015 (Israeli) $8,500–$9,500 Matsart
2016·04 1932-2015 (Israeli) $10,500–$12,500 Matsart
2016·04 1932-2015 (Israeli) $600–$800 Matsart
2016·04 1932-2015 (Israeli) $1,000–$1,500 Matsart
2016·04 1932-2015 (Israeli) $100–$150 Matsart
2016·04 1932-2015 (Israeli) $300–$500 Matsart
2016·04 1932-2015 (Israeli) $120–$180 Matsart
2016·04 1932-2015 (Israeli) $1,700–$2,200 Matsart
2016·04 1932-2015 (Israeli) $550–$650 Matsart
2016·04 1932-2015 (Israeli) $600–$800 Matsart
2016·04 1932-2015 (Israeli) $450–$550 Matsart
2016·04 1932-2015 (Israeli) $3,000–$4,000 Matsart
2016·04 Sheep's Head Acrylic on canvas $1,200–$1,600 Montefiore auction house
2016·03 1932-2015 (Israeli) $450–$550 Matsart
2016·03 1932-2015 (Israeli) $600–$800 Matsart
2016·03 1932-2015 (Israeli) $450–$550 Matsart
2016·03 1932-2015 (Israeli) $1,600–$1,750 Matsart
2016·03 1932-2015 (Israeli) $1,200–$1,600 Matsart
2016·03 1932-2015 (Israeli) $450–$550 Matsart
2016·03 1932-2015 (Israeli) $400–$500 Matsart
2016·03 1932-2015 (Israeli) $1,400–$1,600 Matsart
2016·03 1932-2015 (Israeli) $120–$150 Matsart
2016·03 1932-2015 (Israeli) $550–$650 Matsart
2016·03 1932-2015 (Israeli) $1,200–$1,500 Matsart
2016·03 1932-2015 (Israeli) $100–$150 Matsart
2016·03 1932-2015 (Israeli) $3,800–$4,500 Matsart
2016·03 1932-2015 (Israeli) $70–$85 Matsart
2016·03 1932-2015 (Israeli) $140–$160 Matsart
2016·03 1932-2015 (Israeli) $140–$160 Matsart
2016·03 1932-2015 (Israeli) $1,650–$1,800 Matsart
2016·03 1932-2015 (Israeli) $350–$450 Matsart
2016·03 1932-2015 (Israeli) $2,000–$2,500 Matsart
2016·03 1932-2015 (Israeli) $5,500–$6,500 Matsart
2016·03 1932-2015 (Israeli) $1,200–$1,500 Matsart
2016·03 1932-2015 (Israeli) $400–$500 Matsart
2016·03 Cows in the pasture, 1970s, Pencil on paper, 26 x 34 cm , Signed Pencil on paper — Yair gallery
2016·03 Two dogs mating, Ink, drawn on a disposable (polystyrene) plate, 20 x 28 — Yair gallery
2016·03 Sheep, Mixed-media on paper, 72 x 72 cm , Signed — Yair gallery
2016·03 Sheep's Head Acrylic on canvas $1,500–$2,000 Montefiore auction house
2016·03 Sheep's Head Acrylic on canvas $1,200–$1,600 Montefiore auction house
2016·03 Sheep's Head Acrylic on canvas $600–$800 Montefiore auction house
2016·03 Cracked Earth, 1983 etching $200–$300 Montefiore auction house
2016·03 Sheep's Head Acrylic on canvas $500–$700 Montefiore auction house
2016·02 1932-2015 Oil on paper $1,000–$1,200 Tiroche
2016·02 1932-2015 Acrylic on canvas $300–$500 Tiroche
2016·02 1932-2015 Acrylic on paper $1,200–$1,600 Tiroche
2016·02 1932-2015 Oil on cardboard $1,500–$2,000 Tiroche
2016·02 1932-2015 Acrylic on canvas $1,200–$1,600 Tiroche
2016·02 Sheep's Head Acrylic on canvas $600–$800 Montefiore auction house
2016·02 Sheep's Head Acrylic on canvas $1,000–$1,500 Montefiore auction house
2016·02 Horse $70–$90 Montefiore auction house
2016·02 Sheep's Head Acrylic on canvas $1,500–$2,000 Montefiore auction house
2016·02 Sheep's Head Acrylic on canvas $1,500–$2,000 Montefiore auction house
2016·02 Sheep's Head Acrylic on canvas $600–$800 Montefiore auction house
2016·02 Sheep's Head Acrylic on canvas $1,500–$2,000 Montefiore auction house
2016·02 Sheep's Head Acrylic on canvas $1,000–$1,500 Montefiore auction house
2016·02 Sheep's Head Acrylic on canvas $1,500–$2,000 Montefiore auction house
2016·02 Sheep's Head Acrylic on canvas $600–$800 Montefiore auction house
2016·01 1932-2015 $3,000–$5,000 Tiroche
2016·01 1932-2015 $2,500–$4,000 Tiroche
2016·01 1932-2015 Acrylic on canvas $2,500–$4,000 Tiroche
2016·01 1932-2015 Acrylic on paper $2,500–$4,000 Tiroche
2016·01 1932-2015 $1,200–$1,600 Tiroche
2016·01 1932-2015 Acrylic on paper $2,500–$4,000 Tiroche
2016·01 1932-2015 Acrylic on canvas $2,500–$4,000 Tiroche
2016·01 1932-2015 (Israeli) $450–$550 Matsart
2016·01 1932-2015 (Israeli) $450–$550 Matsart
2016·01 1932-2015 (Israeli) $900–$1,200 Matsart
2016·01 1932-2015 (Israeli) $1,800–$2,200 Matsart
2016·01 1932-2015 (Israeli) $3,800–$4,500 Matsart
2016·01 1932-2015 (Israeli) $1,400–$1,600 Matsart
2016·01 1932-2015 (Israeli) $450–$550 Matsart
2016·01 1932-2015 (Israeli) $7,500–$9,000 Matsart
2016·01 1932-2015 (Israeli) $2,200–$2,500 Matsart
2016·01 1932-2015 (Israeli) $100–$150 Matsart
2016·01 1932-2015 (Israeli) $150–$220 Matsart
2016·01 1932-2015 (Israeli) $100–$150 Matsart
2016·01 1932-2015 (Israeli) $1,600–$2,000 Matsart
2016·01 Sheep, 1998, Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 50 cm , Signed and dated "1998" Acrylic on canvas — Yair gallery
2016·01 Mask, 1970s, Oil & mixed media on canvas, 35 x 30 cm , Signed mixed media — Yair gallery
2016·01 Sheep, 1980s, Color lithograph, 60 x 54 cm , Signed and approved "A.P." lithograph — Yair gallery
2016·01 "Hamsa - 5 Years to Alma": Home for Hebrew Culture (Tel Aviv based cultural — Yair gallery
2016·01 & Oded Feingersh (Israeli, b. 1938), Colorful Figure on phone book, Mixed — Yair gallery
2016·01 Sheep in purple, Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30 cm , Signed Acrylic on canvas — Yair gallery
2016·01 Sheep, Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 50 cm , Signed, signed on verso Acrylic on canvas — Yair gallery
2016·01 Sheep, Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30 cm , Signed Acrylic on canvas — Yair gallery
2016·01 Shalechet (Fallen Leaves), Plasma cutting mild steel, 15 x 15 cm — Yair gallery
2016·01 Sheep's Head Acrylic on canvas $600–$800 Montefiore auction house
2016·01 Sheep's Head Acrylic on canvas $1,500–$2,000 Montefiore auction house
2016·01 Sheep's Head Acrylic on canvas $1,200–$1,600 Montefiore auction house
2016·01 Sheep's Head Acrylic on canvas $1,500–$2,000 Montefiore auction house
2015·12 1932-2015 (Israeli) $12,000–$15,000 Matsart
2015·12 1932-2015 (Israeli) $1,200–$1,500 Matsart
2015·12 1932-2015 (Israeli) $3,000–$5,000 Matsart

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